DJ culture Your top 5 articles from our blog this year Managing your music like a pro, building a DJ booth at home, and mixing on “dumb DJ gear” were among your favorite topics in 2024.
DJ tips A DJ’s guide to mobile DJing If you're interested to know how this highly rewarding (and very demanding) area of the DJ world works, we've gathered the thoughts and advice of four mobile DJs at the top of their game.
DJ tips How to DJ all night long How should DJs approach the enormous opportunity and responsibility of playing all night long? Saoirse, Laurent Garnier, Jane Fitz and Dusky, four DJs accustomed to this unique challenge, tell us...
DJ culture Managing your mental health as a DJ What is status anxiety? How does social media negatively affect DJs? How do we find balance? We look at these questions and more with the music industry therapist and DJ Matt Cantor.
Pioneer DJ history 20 years later, the DJM-909 is still turning heads Our first battle / scratch mixer may be 20 years old but it still boasts unique features, with DJs showcasing its creative FX to this day. Here's the ongoing story of the DJM-909.
Pioneer DJ history 30 years of the CDJ: get your digital copy deckades charts the evolution of the CDJ and its impact on DJ culture across the past three decades, with 42 exclusive pages of photos, interviews and commentary.
Pioneer DJ history We look back on 15 years of rekordbox In 2009, the CDJ-2000 and its accompanying rekordbox software introduced DJs to a different way to play: uploading music to a USB stick. We reflect on this pivotal time for Pioneer DJ, while...
Pioneer DJ history Dual CD players: A different way to DJ We dust off the CD players that created the very first wave of digital DJs, looking back on the workflow and features of a class of products that were ubiquitous in the '90s and '00s.
Pioneer DJ history It was all a dream: The brief history of audiovisual DJing With the help of Sander Kleinenberg and DJ Yoda, two leading AV DJs, we look back on the products that attempted an ambitious evolution of DJing that never quite materialised.
Pioneer DJ history Meet the DJM-500, the first ever mixer from Pioneer DJ In 1995, the DJM-500 helped introduce FX to the DJ booth, while cementing a design that would influence every Pioneer DJ mixer that followed. Here is its story.
Pioneer DJ history See our favorite limited edition products of all time We round up some of the best Pioneer DJ rarities from the last 25 years.
Pioneer DJ history The futuristic CDJ you’ve probably never heard of As it reaches its 20th anniversary, we look back on the DMP-555, the weird and wonderful DJ player that never found success in its day.
